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Developmental Education: Preparing Successful College Students. Monograph Series #24.

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Higbee, Jeanne L., Ed.; Dwinell, Patricia L., Ed. – 1998

The 16 chapters of this volume describe a wide variety of developmental programs intended to promote skill development and enhance academic performance for high-risk students at all levels of higher education. Following an introductory chapter by the editors, the chapters are: (1) "The Origin, Scope, and Outcomes of Developmental Education in the…

Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Admission, College Bound Students, College Freshmen

Colleague: An Annual Collection of Articles on Academic and Administrative Issues Facing Community Colleges of the State University of New York.

Burns, Charles A., Ed.; And Others – 1992

This journal presents a cross-section of current ideas on how to teach and advise community college students and promote positive social interactions with the local community. The issue contains: (1) "Characteristics of an Excellent Teacher," by Cherie Corr, Joan Shack, and Anthony Walsh; (2) "Information Literacy: Progress and Prospects in the…

Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Instruction, College Libraries, Community Colleges

A Tale of Three Cities: Boston, Birmingham, Hartford.

Ford Foundation, New York, NY. – 1981

A Ford Foundation program funded individual institutional programs focusing on higher education access and success for the inner-city poor, including remediation of basic skills, academic counseling and diagnosis of learning problems, and information services to help individuals make program choices. Three institutional programs are reported. In…

Descriptors: Academic Advising, Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Basic Skills